Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-03-30
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Temporary Stiffness In the Real Es-
tate Transfer Lfne-A Fair business
Expected-LabOr Troubles May Give
Set Back to Building Operations
The Boom Out whitney Avenue.
The real estate transfer business has been
dull for few days past, but the dealers an
ticipate fair amount of business this spring
and considerable building, provided labor
troubles do not crop out and cast wet
blanket on the business as they did year
ago. Cases already are developed where
the erection of buildings, which was con-
templated this spring, has been postponed, as
the builders were not prepared to give exact
contract figures owing to the unsettled state
of things regarding the prices of labor. Fol-
lowing are the recorded transfers since the
23d: -,-.. ~ y:
Edmund Zernitz to Julius Twiss, five acres, more
less, in Westville with buildings thereon bound
ed as follows: Northerly by land formerly owned
formerly Of George TyrreI southerIy BY land for
merly of Sherman Tyler and westerly by land of
Edmund zernitz to Julius Twiss, so feet on north
| side Of Jewell strest, with buildings thereon
Foley. IS feet on west side Of winchester avenue.
Isaac Ullman to Gottfried Lehr. so feet more or
less south side of Grand avenue
| feet on west side Of Howard avenue.
L. Warren, wife Of Herbert G. warren, 40 feet on
west side of Orange street.
The boom out Whitney avenue and Orange
streets is the most notable ever known in the
northern part of the city and bids fair to
continue. The four houses just erected on
| Whitney avenue by Mrs. Boardman of Hill
house avenue, widow of Hon. w. W. Board
man, breaks the quietude of building opera
lions on this avenue which has existed for
| nearly twenty years. Not since the
and the Everit mansions has
new residence been erected on this
beautiful avenue for distance of over a
| mile on either side. Prospect street, the
next notable parallel street above, has been
| honored by the erection of dozen new resi-
| dences upon it, all of a superior class, in the
| same period. Orange street also, above
Humphrey, was likewise quiescent and dor
| mant for long period, but within the Last
| three years many new residences, all or
| the better class, have been erected upon 1t
as to greatly 'scitify' lis appearance, which
| was previously quite suburban: Wltnln
three years the entire west side OF orange
street, from Humphrey to Bishop streets, has
| become occupied by pretty, we'll built resi-
dences three of which all in row were be-
| gun last fall and are being completed Bishop
street is now being extended from Orange
street to Whitney avenue; also Cottage and
Willow streets are being similarly extended,
the work in each case involving the cutting
through quite rise of ground and the NOV
ing of tens of thousands of cart loads of dirt
and gravel. half dozen building lots
have been sold on Whitney avenue, east
side, from the Stephen Whitney property
above Lawrence street, and each of the pur-
chasers of these lots intends to erect hand
some house upon his purchase within two
years. Upon St. Roman street,
the next street, comparatively
short street west of Whitney avenue,
Rev John G. Collins is erecting a s., 900
residence for himself. S. Fl. Kirby, the jew
eIry merchant, has also bought lot on this
street and intends to build upon it soon.
Massena Clark has ,450 front feet of build
ing lots on this street. Another new thor
oughfare is to be laid out shortly parallel
with St. Roman street and midway between
that and Prospect street. This street will
run through lands belonging to Yale college,
and when cut through Professor Browns
residence, which is on Gamer street west of
Whitney avenue, will be on the cor
ner of Gamer and the new
street. Massena Clark has 'front.'
age of 400 feet on, this proposed
street, and has 300 feet on Whitney avenue
corner of Cold Spring street, next south Of
the Everit grounds. The land bought by
Rev. Mr. Collins and Mr.. Kirby was bought
of Miss Isaphene Hillhouse. Mr.. William
E. Downes, of Derby, contemplate erecting
his projected $50, 900 residence on Whitney
avenue between Edwards and Lawrence
streets this year. P. McKenna contemplates
at an early date erecting a $4,000
residence on Whitney avenue on the lot on
the corner opposite from Mr.. Downes' lot
With these and other changes the route to
Whitneyville will also be much modified
from its present suburban appearance. Of
this broad and fine avenue Donald G. Mitch
ell once said that in bringing friend into
the City of Films he would, to impress him
favorably and agreeably with our beautiful
city, bring him BY way of Whitney avenue.